Cigar-machine.



R. ANNIGONI.

UIGAR MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22, 1908.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909,

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RICCIARDO ANNIGONI, OF ASTORIAITE IX TDFEES IIENOR TO PROSPERO DE NODILI, OF

SPEZIA, ITALY, AS GENERAL PARTNER OF PROSPERO DE NOBILI & 00., A LIMITED PART- NERSHIP, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

CIGARJJIACHINE No. 913,869. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed June 22, 1908. Serial No. 439,689.

To all whom it may concern: parts into engagement. The clutch may be Be it known that I, RICOIARDO ANNIGONI, formed with a helical or other disengaging a subject of the King of Italy, and resident groove in its face to cooperate with the of Astoria, county of Queens, and State of catch 4-1 on the stop lever 38 which when en- 5 New York, have made certain new and useful gaging the end of this groove as shown in Fig.

Inventions Relating to Cigar-\facl1ines, of 1 prevents further movement of the drive i which the following is a specincation, taken shaft and connected parts. The arm 36 on in connection with the accompanying drawthis stop lever is engaged by a suitable spring ings; 37 normally swinging the catch upward into 10 This invention relates to cigar machines engagement with the clutch and the stop and relates especially to poweroperated handle 35 is rigidly connected with the sto cigar machines of the rolling table and apron shaft 39 so as to swing the lever and catc ty e. downward out of engagement with the clutch Tn the accompanying drawings in which when desired. Under these circumstances 15 the same reference numeral refers to similar the spring throws the clutch over into enparts in the several figures, Figure 1 is an end gagement with the pulley which thereupon elevation of an illustrative embodiment of rotates the drive shaft and operates the conthe invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal secnecting mechanism so as to swing the arms tion thereof taken substantially along the and roll across the table to form a cigar and 20 line 22 of Fig. 1, the parts being shown in then carry the parts back into their charging slightly different position. osition. During this time the catch having In the illustrative embodiment of this inbeen forced up into engagement with the vention shown in the drawings, the heavy groove acts to wedge the clutch out of enside pieces 1 formed of cast iron or other suitgagement with the driving pulley so as to 25 able material may be rigidly secured tostop the further operation of the machine as gether in any desired way as by the stays 44, shown in Fig. 1, the handle being of course cross-bar 25, and support 27 so as to form a released by the operator as soon as it has rigid frame for the working parts of the mabeen momentarily thrown downward to start chine. The rock-shaft 7 may be mounted in the machine.

30 suitable bearings in this frame and carry The compensating table may be formed of rigidly secured thereto the arms 8 which may a resilient table plate 54 of any suitable be connected at their upper ends by the )in material, such as a thin sheet steel having an 55 on which the roll 22 may be revolu ly upwardly arching elliptical form as indicated mounted. The links 9 serve to connect the in Fig. 2 and having at the front end the 35 arms 8 and cranks 10 which may be rigidly downwardly and inwardly curving retainer secured on the crank shaft 2 mounted in suitmember 24 which may be held in position ablebearings in the frame. This shaft maybe upon the frame in any desired way as by a driven by the pinion 4 meshing with the drivseries of bolts 25, holding the same upon the ing pinion 5 on the drive shaft 3 mounted in cross-bar 26. The table plate may also if 40 the frame and operated in any desired way in desired have the integral downwardly and inconnection with a suitable stop mechanism if wardly curving supporting member 57 at its preferred. This step mechanism may comrear end provided with a suitable bearing porprise the driving pulley 6 loosely mounted on tion cooperating with the support 27 on which the drive shaft 3 adjacent one end thereof it looselyrests so as to slide thereon duringthe 45 and formed with suitable recesses, such as 43. operation of the machine, the forward move The clutchv53 may be splined on the drive ment ofthis su )portingmemberbeingresisted shaft and provided with suitable clutch memby suitable yie ding alining means. Suitable bers 42 to cooperate with the recesses 43 in aliners may be used for this purpose, such as the pulley, the clutch being engaged by the the inwardly and upwardly curving aliner 80 50 spring 39 normally tending to force these which may be formed integrally with the adjacent their upper free ends and carrying suitable springs 32, whose action in forcing the aliners together may be adjusted by any desired means, such as the nuts 33 coop erating with the threaded ends of the connectors. In this way the initial forward pressure of the bunch upon the rear slope of the supporting member 57 is of course transmitted in both directions through the resilient table plate whose thickness is of course considerably exaggerated in the drawings, thus tending to bow or arch up the working face of the plate and also to force the aliners together so that they have a slight rolling contact with each other as their free ends are forced upward. Suitable adjustment of the connecting members of course regulates the extent to which the working face of the table plate is arched upward during the operation of the machine which is specially desirable with power-operated machines of this character.

It is of course understood that a suitable apron 19 of any desired material, such as canvas, may be mounted to cooperate with the table plate, a suitable fastener such as 28 secured to the frame in any desired way holding the front end of the apron in position by wedging the same under the retainer The apron is looped around the roll 22 to form a pocket and its rear end can be secured to the take-up bar 16 mounted in suitable bearings on the frame and readily adjusted from time to time by the ratchet 20 and cooperating pawl 21. If desired, a suitable tightening mechanism may be provided to increase the tension of the apron at the start of the rolling operation andthis may be accomplished by mounting a suitable tightener bar 15 extending across the apron adjacent the take-up bar and supportedupon suitable tightener rods 14 passing over the rod 18 in the frame. The other ends of these rods may be pivotally connected with the thin resilient tightener levers 13 which give the tightener ayielding or resilient action. These levers 13 maybe loosely mounted on the drive shaft and held in engagement with suitable tightener cams 12 by the springs 17 acting on the rods. The tightener cams are preferably adjustably mounted on the crank shaft by being carried on a suitable cam sleeve 11 which may be held in adjusted position by the set screw 34 so as to adjust the time at which the tightener operates.

After inserting the filler in the apron pocket its furthest extent and paste and a suitable wrapper applied to the apron the machine may be operated by moving the handle 35 outward and thereupon the roll is swung forward across the compensating table. The tightener cams 12 come into operation at about this time as indicated in Fig. 2 and throw the tightener rods and connected tightener bar 15 outward against the apron so" as to draw the apron taut around the bunch, after the pocket opening has been closed by the movement of the roll 22 over the rear end-cf the table. As the roll swings forward across the table the filler is rolled and the wrapper applied thereto, forming in his instance a long cylindrical bunch which may have a length. of 18 or 20 inches or so so as to form when severed a number of Italian cigars. vi hen a comparatively large amount of filler is placed in the apron pocket theincreased diameter of the forming bunch naturally causes an increased pressure against the rear slope of the table plate. This as indicated causes the working face of the table plate to arch up to a greater extent and thus exert a greater resilient pressure against the forming bunch, the resilient aliners preventing the undue forward movement of the supporting member over the support. By adjusting the connectors engaging the alining members the desired degree of resilient pressure may be exerted on. the forming bunch which as indicated is to a large extent auto matically varied in proportion to the size of the bunch.

Having described this invention in connection with an illustrative embodiment thereof, to the details of which disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited, what is claimed as new and what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

1. In cigar machines, a frame comprising a support, an elliptically arching table plate of thin resilient material having an integral downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said frame and having an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner integral with said retainer member, said table plate having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end provided with a hearing portion having loose sliding engagement with said support and having an integral inwardly and upwardly curving aliner engaging the aliner on said retainer member, adjustable spring-acting connectors engaging the upper ends of said aliners to adjust their action on each other, a rock-shaft mounted in said frame, arms secured to said shaft and a l roll revolubly mounted in said arms to cooperate with said table plate, a rolling apron cooperating with said table plate and roll, a crank shaft mounted in said frame, cranks when the roll has been moved backward to l mounted on said shaft and links connecting said cranks and arms, driving means comprising a stopmechanism to effect a complete oscillation of said arms and roll when desired, a tightener bar, tightener rods connected to said bar, resilient tightener levers pivotedin said frame and adjustable tightener cams mounted on said crank shaft to operate said tightener bar and tighten said apron during the rolling operation.

2. In cigar machines, aframe comprising a support, an upwardly arching table plate of thin resilient material having a downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said frame and having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end provided with a bearing portion having loose sliding connection with said support and having an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner, a cooperatin aliner mounted on said frame, adjustab e connecting means engaging said aliners to adjust their action on each other, an oscillating roll cooperating with said table plate, a rolling apron cooperating with said table plate and roll, driving means comprising a stop mechanism to effect a complete oscillation of said roll, a tightener bar and resilient tightener operating means to operate said tightener bar and tighten said apron during the rolling operation.

3. In cigar machines, a support, an upwardly arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and having a downwardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and having a resilient aliner connected with said supporting member, a cooperating aliner secured to said support, adjustable spring-acting connecting means engaging said aliners to aHjust their action on each other and a moving roll and apron cooperating with said table plate.

4. In cigar machines, a support, an arch ing table plate of resilient material having its forward end secured to said support and having a downwardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and having an aliner eonnected with said supporting member, alining means mounted on said support and cooperating with said aliner and adjustable connections between said aliner and alining means to adjust their action on each other.

5. In cigar machines, a frame comprising a support, an arching table plate of resilient material having its forward end secured to said support and having a downwardly extending supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and resilient adjustable alining means resisting the forward movement of said supporting member over said support, an apron cooproll cooperating with said table plate and apron and means to operate said roll.

6. In cigar machines, a support, an arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and having a downwardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and resilient adjustable alining means resisting the forward movement of said supporting member over said support and a moving roll and apron cooperating with said table plate.

7. In cigar machines, a support, an elliptically arching table plate of thin resilient material having an integral downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner, said table plate having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end provided with a bearing portion having loose engagement with said support and having an inwardly and upwardly curving aliner engaging the aliner on said retainer member and adjustable spring-acting eonneeting means engaging said aliners to adjust their action on each other.

8. In cigar machines, a support, an arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly and inwardly curving retainer member at its forward end secured to said support and having a downwardly and iiiwardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and having an upwardly extending aliner connected with said supporting member, an aliner mounted on said support and cooperating with the aliner on said supporting member and adjustable spring-acting connecting means engaging said aliners and adjusting their action on each other.

9. In cigar machines, a support, an arching table plate of resilient material having its forward end secured to said su port and having a downwardly and inwardly curving supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and having an u wardly extending aliner, a cooperating a iner mounted on said support and adjustable connecting means engaging said aliners and adjusting their action on each other.

10. In cigar machines, a support, an upwardly arching table plate of resilient material having a downwardly extending supporting member at its rear end having loose engagement with said support and adjustable yielding alining means resisting the forward movement of said supporting member upon said su )port.

11. n cigar machines, a rolling table, an apron and roll cooperating with said rolling table, a tightener bar to engage said apron and tighten the same during the first of the crating with said table plate and a moving 1 rolling operation, resilient connections to optightener and means to yieldingly force said tightener into contact with said apron at the 10 beginning of the rolling operation to tighten erate said tightener and a cam adjustable with respect to said roiling apron to actuate said connections.

12. In cigar machines, a support, an upthe same. Wardly arching table plate of resilient mate- RICCIARDO 'ANNIGONI. rial having a downwardly extending support- Witnesses: ing member at its rear end, an apron cop- HARRY L. DUNCAN,

erating with said table plate and apron, a JEssIE B. KAY. 

